Positional Words Worksheet: Before, You, and After!

How to use this worksheet

Read the positional word given for each empty box aloud with your child — either 'before' or 'after' — and make sure they understand which direction it points relative to the reference picture. Have your child cut out the small pictures from the strip at the bottom of the page using child-safe scissors. For each empty box, ask them to find the picture that belongs in that position and glue it into place. Review the finished page together, pointing to each row and saying the full sentence, like 'the cat comes before the dog.'

Materials needed

• Scissors
• Glue
• Pencil

Extension activities

• 1Have children act out the positions using themselves and other objects.
• 2Create a sentence using each positional word.
• 3Line up three toys and ask your child which one is before and after the middle toy.
• 4Practice with daily routines, asking what happens before breakfast and what happens after breakfast.
• 5Play a lining-up game where your child directs family members to stand before or after each other.